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Jon Russell was Asia Editor for The Next Web from 2011 to 2014. Originally from the UK, he lives in Bangkok, Thailand. You can find him on T Jon Russell was Asia Editor for The Next Web from 2011 to 2014. Originally from the UK, he lives in Bangkok, Thailand. You can find him on Twitter, Angel List, LinkedIn.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg capped the rollercoaster that was last week by marrying his sweetheart of nine years, Priscilla Chan, on Saturday and the news has gone down very well with users of the social network. To date, more than one million people have ‘liked’ the update, less than 48 hours after it was posted.
The update also drew more than 730 comments, in contrast to Chan’s update, which passed a nonetheless impressive 38,000 likes and 80-plus comments.
To give some idea of the magnitude of that response, Zuckerberg’s goodbye note to Steve Jobs after his passing got almost 580,000 likes, having been his most popular for some time.
Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page has amassed more than 14 million subscribers, and the social network’s founder uses it to post regular updates about both Facebook and his personal life. Recent entries have included the ‘Stay Focused & Keep Shipping’ memo when Facebook first filed for IPO, and a video of his dog Beast that was his first contribution to Viddy.
One of Zuckerberg’s most memorable postings came days before news of his nuptials, as he rang the bell in with an epic status update to mark Facebook listing on the Nasdaq, an event that the company celebrated with a hackathon.
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